0 to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a high position in order to attack: --
1 an occasion when a place is suddenly attacked in order to surround or catch someone: --
2 to move quickly in a smooth path, esp. through the air: --
He swoops her up and lifts her into the middle of the village.
The bomber now swooped over the ship and into the darkness to prepare for another attack.
The flight is low to the ground and rapid with long swoops.
Every day an eagle swooped on him and devoured the lobes of his liver, which grew by night.
In some cases, magpies may become extremely aggressive and attack people's faces; it may become very difficult to deter these birds from swooping.
We know that there were 67,000 detainees at one time half of which should never have been inside, for they were picked up in collective swoops.
The issue had certainly not been put to the electorate, but as soon as they learnt of the proposals the vultures swooped on to the prey of the new towns.
I cannot think of anyone more likely to be attracted by a qualitative leap than he is with his swooping intellect and his liking for the metaphysic of history.